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information in my possession relative to late Indian Depreda- tions &c. Previously to the receipt of that resolution the accompany- ing message upon that subject and embodying all the informa- tion in my possession had been prepared and which is herewith transmitted as responsive thereto. I have the honor to be your obt s'vt GEO. T. Wooo
Governor's Message Relative to Indian Depredations
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No. 46 PETITION TO PETER H. BELL FROM RANGING COMPANIES City of Austin Deer. 24th 1849 To His Excellency P. Hansborough Bell Governor of the State of Texas The undersigned would respectfully represent to your Excellency, that the Legislature of the State of Texas, have now under their consideration, a Joint Resolution, providing for the payment of the Mounted Volunteers Ranging Companies, called into service for frontier protection, by order of his Excellency Geo. T. Wood, late Governor of Texas, and that in the event said Resolutions Shall pass both Houses of Said Legislature, it will become the duty of your Excellency to appoint some suitable persons whose duty it will to make out complete and correct du- plkate Muster and Pay Rolls of all and each of said companies. and also duplicate accounts of all the expenses incurred. Whether by the State or citizens thereof, for the Subsistance and mainte- nance of Said forces which have been raised for protection the State from Indian invasion and depredations, the whole in the form required for liquidation by the Laws of the United States, and the regulations of the War department, properly authenti- cated and who shall proceed with the same to the City of Wash- ington, and present them to the proper officers of the govern- ment for settlement, and take Such advise and measures in con- j unction with our Senators and Representatives in Congress, as
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